History from The Country Bookshop

Middleton, WI: Self Published, 1993. Extremely rare genealogical work. This is currently the only copy for sale online. In beautiful shape and appears to be unused and unread. Maroon cloth over board. Sturdy binding. Gilt titled spine. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Nantucket Island, MA: Nantucket Historical Association., 1953. Nantucket. b/w ills., maps and plates. Various paginations. Quarterly magazine with articles on all aspects of local history by luminaries such as Everett Crosby, Helen Winslow and Edouard Stackpole. A marvelous resource. Solidly bound in blue buckram. 9 volumes. May be extra post due to weight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket.… Read more

Stowe, VT: The Stowe Historical Society, 2001. Scarce work reprinting original notes on the history of Stowe by Susan Downer. Signed by Patricia Haslam who compiled the work. The book appears to be brand new. Gilt title.. Signed by Editor. Stiff Paper Boards. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

None Listed, Perhaps Bishop Hill, IL: Assume VASA, 1974. Also included are a press engagement photograph of King Carl Gustaf and his fiancee Silvia Sommerlath in 1976 and also a card containing the program for the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the VASA Royal Palm Lodge No. 645, West Palm Beach, Florida form 1984. The King and his fiancee attended the… Read more

Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Arts & Sciences Society, 1941. Hard-cover copy of the Photography issue of Arts & Sciences magazine. Note: Editor Sipley had recently been appointed curator of the newly-opened American Museum of Photography. Volume is also dedicated to the American Museum of Photography. Light foxing. Otherwise, a tight and clean copy of this book. Heavilly illustrated and many photographs within.… Read more

U.S.A.: Boni and Liveright, 1925. Cover shows some wear at extremities. Some rubbing on front cover. Bright gold gilt title and cover design. Signed and inscribed by author. Also signed and inscribed by author's mother, Janet Macy! Both signatures from 1925, the year of this book's printing. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and emblem on front cover. Also gilt along… Read more

Vermont: Bigelow, Walter J. (author published), 1934. Ex-lib (presentation plate to Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, by Mrs. Marjorie Johnson on front pastedown, typical artifacts in back, but no call numbers on spine). -- Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Illustrated with several b&w photos. -- Covers rubbed, somewhat discolored as from thumbprints in several spots,… Read more

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1938. Slight soil and spotting. Glue shadows inside covers and on end papers.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1907. A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations from the Earliest Times. Corners bumped and worn. Wear at the extremities. 25 volumes housed in 13 books. Complete set. It looks like India paper. Green cloth. A nice set. May be extra post because of number of volumes.. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket.… Read more

Detroit: J.M. Hall, 1907. Bay View Reading Club. Culture. 1/2 Leather. Spine cover separated in front. Bumped and worn corners. Begining to split at page 241/242.. Hard Cover. Poor/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1969. An Introduction to History. Abridged by N.J. Dawood. Darkening around edges and on back cover.. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Rosenthal, Franz (trans). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bollingen Series.

Buenos Aires: Compania Editora y Distribuidoa De Plata S.R.L., 1957. 1 inch tear at top of spine. Sunning and discoloration around spine and at top of front cover. Foxing and spotting on back cover.. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Johannesburg: Central News Agency, Ltd., 1942. The Seven Pillars of Federation. No location. WorldCat has Johannesburg. Wear at extremities. Bumped corners. Name on front end paper. Jacket is chipped at extremities and corners. Other tears and chips of jacket. Soil on back of jacket. Foxing at folds of jacket.. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"… Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Two Volumes in One. No date. From listings in WorldCat it looks like the 1903 edition. Bumped and worn corners. Sunned spine and bands across top of covers. Name and date inside front cover. Spotting on frontispiece. Soil inside back cover.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, DC: House of Representatives, 1905. X-library. "Discarded" stamped on library bookplate inside front cover and inside back cover. Scanning pattern at top of inside back cover. Wear on all extremities. Corners bumped. Dewey numbers on spine. Keywords: Geography, Climate, Caves, Sahara, Colonialism. Hard Cover. Good Minus/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X-library.

Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., 1914. Name and date written inside front cover. Name and city written on front free end paper. Wear at extremities. Some spotting to endpapers. Spine title is bright and the book is in Good condition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Norman OK: University of OK Press, 1954. 314pp. Depression's impact on agriculture which threatened US economy. Peck devoted his efforts to the farm parity movement, putting farming on an equal footing with other economic groups. Card on ff end paper, "With the compliments of Bernard M. Baruch." Slight rubbing at corners, otherwise very nice condition. … Read more

New York: Zionist Organization of America, 1948. Two copies in original envelope. Envelope is torn and soiled. One copy has 1/8 inch chipped or folded at bottom corners. This is the declaration itself. Although the envelope has a metered stamp. There is no date inside. Great collector's item. . Loose-Leaf. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"… Read more

New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1967. Inscribed by the artist on the front end paper, "For Bill Post & his brilliant wife from their admiring old friend. 1967". Light soil and very small tears on jacket. Gray cloth bound. Gilt lettered spine. A clean and solid copy. Lovely illustrations by Olive Bigelow Pell (including front cover). . Inscribed By… Read more

Salem, MA: New England Association of Oral History, 1990. Light sunning. Journal is bright, tight and clean. . Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.